To boost trade, economic activity and connectivity, India and Bangladesh have added five more "ports of call" on either side and increased the protocol (water) routes from 8 to 10

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, or AIIB, has approved a $250 million loan to Bangladesh as the country grapples with the fallout from the novel coronavirus disease

A citizen-led environmental campaign Save Maldives published an open letter to the Maldives Parliament, calling on representatives to immediately “stop all environmentally destructive projects like Gulhifalhu and hold the government accountable.”

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A day of killing 12 people after barrelling in from the Bay of Bengal with wind speeds up to 185 kmph, severe cyclonic storm Amphan on Thursday weakened and lay centered over Bangladesh about 270 north-northeastwards of Kolkata with a wind speed of 27 kmph

The European Union has decided to provide a grant of 3.5 million euros to Sri Lanka to uplift the country’s tourism industry, which has been severely hit by the COVID-19 epidemic, according to a report

At a time when the credibility of the World Health Organization (WHO) has plummeted to an all-time low and internationally there's a call for new leadership, India's Health Minister Harsh Vardhan is all set to be the chairman of the WHO's Executive Board

Leading  Indian vaccine maker Bharat Biotech on Wednesday announced that it has signed an exclusive deal with Thomas Jefferson University of Philadelphia to develop a new vaccine candidate for COVID-19 invented at Jefferson

Pakistan has fully removed restrictions on imports of products from Afghanistan, officials of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) said on Tuesday, as measures taken to combat the COVID-19 pandemic have shut down commercial ties across the region

A scientist of Tripura University in Agartala, Northeast India, has made a robot from locally available and scrap materials to assist frontline health workers, including doctors, to take care of the coronavirus patients from a distant place

India's vibrant tourism industry is staring at a 2 crore (20 million) job losses as industry insiders cite government apathy and a predictably long recovery period. Accordingly, the industry is left with a tough choice between downsizing and survival given that no stimulus measure has been given so far

Pakistan has planned to seek $2 billion in six new foreign loans for activities like garbage collection, pension and fiscal reforms, and ending market distortion amid the rapid deterioration of public debt indicators

The United States is providing more than $5.8 million assistance to Sri Lanka through the State Department and the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of its global COVID-19 assistance

The European Union HAS  transferred EUR 46.125 million (Tk 428 crore) to the Bangladesh government to support key national reforms in the education sector

The Canadian government has extended over MVR one million in support of the Maldives Government’s efforts in providing basic services to the homeless and the most vulnerable communities impacted by COVID-19 in Male’